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CraftLit

annotated audiobooks for busy book lovers

Hey there, <<First Name>>,

A couple of summer updates for you:
  • Crafty Chats are going to be skittish until we get our family routine down. As semi-official taxi for the summer, I don't have complete control of my time. I'd planned a chat for this past week, but didn't even come close to getting there—or posting that fact on Facebook. Apologies for that.
  • Brave New Podcast hit a couple of scheduling hiccups but is still going. My partner is attending a funeral this weekend and then we're back on top of it all. You can check the YouTube channel to see if a Livestream or event is coming up or check the CraftLit Facebook group.  
  • I'm going to try to save my "I'm not going to be able to make it" skipped weeks for August when I have some serious traveling to do. As the book speeds towards the end, I'd like to try to match that page (mostly - I mean, we can't really do 'breakneck' on a weekly podcast)!
  • Next Premium Book: The Wizard of Oz! It seemed to me that we needed a palate cleanser after the mystery and during The Count. Oz begins June 24th. (In fact, in 19 minutes I'm going to record an interview with an honest-to-goodness Oz expert! Just for you!) - More Premium updates below.... 

Changes to Download-only Premium Audio Delivery

If you listen on the dedicated CraftLit app, you can skip this. If you're subscribed on Patreon, you might be interested.
Why the change: I put out a plea a couple of months ago because there's a sizable discrepancy between the number of IPs accessing
the downloading page, the number of people who are on the PayPal rolls, and the number of people on the Mailchimp Premium newsletter list. Some of that miss-match is that it's slow-going matching some PayPal emails to a real name (e.g., my PayPal address used to be Gillian@aol.com), some is one-shot downloaders (pay one month, download everything, unsubscribe right away), and some is people who canceled their PayPal subscription but didn't unsubscribe from the newsletter—which means they're still getting password updates. For free.

So when I'm asked, "have you sent a password update lately?" my answer, "nope," is because I've been trying to correlate names and PayPal accounts—and I'm finally calling it. Fin!  Instead of being frustrated I opted to check and see if technology had caught up with us. I'm happy to say that It has!!! We can now run a very simple Premium Membership program right from CraftLit.com! SO MUCH EASIER - and the only password you'll EVER need to remember is your own!

Getting your audio will now be three simple steps: login, get your audio, go listen. That's it! From now on!  No more find an old email, follow an old link, go to a page that won't accept your password, email Heather...you know the drill). The CraftLit.com Membership plugin plays nice with PayPal and everyone can be happy because—now—if you need to cancel the subscription on the PayPal site - you don't have to do anything else. (And neither do I!) No hunting down unsubscribe links. Nothing extra.
Boo yah!

How to get on Easy Street:
First—Cancel your current PayPal recurring charge using these instructions,
  1. Go to https://www.paypal.com on a desktop browser. 
  2. Click Log In. It’s at the top-right corner of the website.
  3. Sign in with your PayPal username and password.
  4. Click the gear icon/Profile. It’s at the top-right corner of the page/profile.
  5. Click “my money” (left side).
  6. Click the “Update” link for “My preapproved payments”.
  7. Click on “CraftLit” or “Crafting-a-Life”—the subscription could be under either one.
  8. Click “cancel”.
Second—go to CraftLit.com/membership and sign up for the downloading Premium Membership (Brave New Podcast's membership is still being built).
Third—relax and listen to some audio.

The Wizard of Oz will be our next Premium Book starting June 24th.
If you want to sign up for this annotated audiobook, you can listen using any of the following means:

  • via our App (iOS • Android • Windows 8)—the app is 100% run by Libsyn. You'll need to create an account with them (craftLit.libsyn.com - click the pink "Get Premium Audio" button). Signing up through
Libsyn means the ONLY way you can get the Premium Audio is using the app or visiting craftlit.libsyn.com. No Patreon access. No downloading page access.
Thank you for your understanding through all of this. Change is complicated in the best of circumstances but I know it's especially challenging for really-long-time-listeners. It always seems like, just when you get things the way you like them, something comes along to knock the legs out from under you.  I wouldn't be making this change if I didn't think it would be much better for you. I've resisted the move for years because the user-interfaces have been so lousy, I didn't want to make you suffer. Now that it looks good—and works—I'm happy to bring you a bit o' streamlining in your podcast adventures.

Ever, anon, and many, many thanks,
 
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